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Does this work with xbox360?

Does the Airport Extreme work with the xbox360? I now that Express doesn't, so I'm wondering if this does.

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GreenLantern

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Yes, it does. I'm using one with my Xbox 360 setup now with no issues at all. I did have to tell it to route port 3074 to the 360, but it works perfectly with LIVE after doing that.

Note that only the current revision (simultanous dual-band) works without problems under LIVE. Last year's model takes some major setup/configuration magic.
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I am using it as well. I have the USB wireless Adapter for the Xbox 360 and I can stream Netflix movies and use Xbox Live without any problems.
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Note that, if you use it with the official Xbox 360 adapter, it can run at 802.11a frequencies. 802.11a is the best standard for HD video streaming.
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Nope, a is a smaller letter, but it's better than b (or g). 802.11a was specifically added to the 360 wireless adapter because it was the best protocol for streaming HD. (This was before Draft N. 5GHz Draft N might be as good or better than 802.11a, but it's moot since the Xbox adapter doesn't support that.)

Here's an explanation why 802.11a is better than 802.11g for HD streaming:
blogs.msdn.com­/xboxteam­/archive­/2006­/11­/01­/streami...
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